Bosco, Just a Bear
TLE · uncommon · Released 2025-11-21
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
below rate
minor value alone
wants support
scales up
multiple modes
situational
easily answered
Commander Bracket
Archetypes
No active conflicts.
Roles
Risks
Mechanics
Typal
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Structural
Rationale
Bosco is a 5cmc 4/4 legendary Bear that generates Food tokens on ETB (one per legendary creature you control) and can grow itself by sacrificing Food for two +1/+1 counters and trample. Its ETB scales with legendary density, making it a signature piece in legendary-matters and food-themed shells; it also synergizes with lifegain and +1/+1 counter strategies. Without a critical mass of legendary permanents or Food support, it underperforms as a vanilla 4/4 for 5.
Learnings (3)
Bosco counts himself among legendary creatures you control when the ETB resolves, so he always creates at least one Food token even with no other legends in play.
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The activated ability's trample is until-end-of-turn only — Bosco has no persistent trample, so he is easy to chump-block outside of the activation window.
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In a dedicated legendary-matters Commander deck (e.g. Jodah or Sisay), Bosco can generate 4-6 Food tokens on a single ETB, converting them immediately into a large trampling threat the same turn.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #15,069